Sánchez-Fuentes María Del Mar, Álvarez-Muelas Ana, Cervilla Oscar, Granados Reina, Sierra Juan Carlos
Mind, Brain, and Behavior Research Center (CIMCYC), University of Granada, 18011 Granada, Spain.
Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2024 Sep 2;14(9):769. doi: 10.3390/bs14090769.
Sexual satisfaction is an important dimension of sexual health. Despite there being evidence about its relations with sexual arousal, this association has not been addressed considering arousal as a trait and as a state. Therefore, the goal of this laboratory study was to examine, in young women with different levels of sexual satisfaction in their relationships, sexual arousal as a trait (i.e., propensity for sexual excitation/inhibition) and as a state (i.e., genital response and self-reported sexual arousal to a video with explicit sexual content). The sample was composed of 45 Spanish heterosexual women with a partner, from 18 to 25 years old. In the first phase, we evaluated the propensity for sexual inhibition/excitation and sexual satisfaction of the participants. In the second phase-in the context of a sexuality laboratory-the vaginal pulse amplitude, the rating of sexual arousal, and the rating of genital sensations were evaluated. The participants, distributed in three groups with different levels of sexual satisfaction ( < 0.001), were compared based on the different measures of sexual arousal. The results indicated that the group with lower sexual satisfaction, compared to the group with higher sexual satisfaction, reported more sexual inhibition due to the threat of performance failure ( = 0.011) and due to the threat of performance consequences ( = 0.038). However, no significant differences in sexual arousal status were found between the three groups. In conclusion, the negative association between sexual satisfaction and propensity for sexual inhibition in young women with a partner is supported, but not the positive association between trait/state sexual arousal and sexual satisfaction.
性满意度是性健康的一个重要维度。尽管有证据表明其与性唤起之间的关系，但尚未从特质和状态两个层面来探讨这种关联。因此，本实验室研究的目的是，在恋爱中性满意度水平不同的年轻女性中，考察作为特质的性唤起（即性兴奋/抑制倾向）和作为状态的性唤起（即对含有露骨性内容视频的生殖器反应及自我报告的性唤起）。样本由45名18至25岁有伴侣的西班牙异性恋女性组成。在第一阶段，我们评估了参与者的性抑制/兴奋倾向和性满意度。在第二阶段——在性学实验室环境下——评估了阴道脉搏振幅、性唤起评分和生殖器感觉评分。根据性唤起的不同测量指标，对分为性满意度水平不同的三组参与者（<0.001）进行了比较。结果表明，与性满意度较高的组相比，性满意度较低的组报告称，由于表现失败的威胁（=0.011）和表现后果的威胁（=0.038），性抑制更多。然而，三组之间在性唤起状态方面未发现显著差异。总之，有伴侣的年轻女性中性满意度与性抑制倾向之间的负相关得到支持，但特质/状态性唤起与性满意度之间的正相关未得到支持。
